On Friday (October 3), The Abbey Road Music Photography Awards announced their 2025 winners, celebrating outstanding images captured over the past year in a ceremony held at the iconic Studios One and Two in London. The event honored legendary photographer David Bailey, who received the Lifetime Achievement Award for six decades of music photography featuring…… read more »
The long-out-of-print 1973 album, Buckingham Nicks, the only duo project by pre-Fleetwood Mac Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, was reissued by Rhino on September 19. The release debuted at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart with 30,000 copies sold in its first week, marking the biggest sales week for any Buckingham, Nicks, or…… read more »
Sunset Fest Cabo, a luxury yacht-rock festival set for late October in Cabo San Lucas, is facing major setbacks as most of its scheduled performers – including headliners Alan Parsons, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, Al Stewart, Peter Beckett, Ambrosia, and Pablo Cruise – have withdrawn, citing a variety of personal circumstances. Although the festival has…… read more »
The Asbury Hotel in Asbury Park, New Jersey, is celebrating hometown legend Bruce Springsteen with the launch of “The Boss Suite.” The room is a unique collaboration with Springsteen’s longtime photographer Danny Clinch that offers fans an immersive experience featuring iconic Springsteen photos, a mural from his recent Sea.Hear.Now concert, a curated vinyl collection, and…… read more »
The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating the 30th anniversary of their Grammy-nominated 1995 double album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, by releasing a super deluxe 6-LP vinyl edition on November 21, followed by a 4-CD box set arriving on January 9. Both collections feature the original album alongside 80 minutes of previously unreleased live recordings…… read more »
Aerosmith and YUNGBLUD’s new collaboration, “My Only Angel,” tops Billboard’s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart, marking Aerosmith’s first No. 1 on the tally since its inception in 2020. The track is from their upcoming joint EP, One More Time, due out on November 21, which will be Aerosmith’s first new material since their 2012 album,…… read more »
On Wednesday (October 1), Nine Inch Nails announced the dates and details of new 2026 North American dates for their Peel It Back Tour. The 20-date run kicks off on February 5 in New Orleans and concludes on March 16 in Sacramento, making stops in major cities such as Boston, Montreal, Austin, Las Vegas, and…… read more »
Def Leppard will be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in a ceremony on October 9 in front of the iconic Capitol Records building in Los Angeles. The UK rock legends will receive the star in the “Recording” category, joined by guest speakers Jon Bon Jovi and Universal Music president Bruce…… read more »
On Tuesday (September 30), a judge dismissed Spencer Elden’s lawsuit against Nirvana over the nude image of him as a baby on the cover of the band’s groundbreaking 1991 album, Nevermind, ruling that the photo does not constitute child pornography. Judge Fernando M. Olguin stated that the image resembles a non-explicit family photo and lacks…… read more »
Ronnie Wood has confirmed that The Rolling Stones’ 25th studio album is finished and set to be released sometime in 2026. Speaking with The Sun during an event at the band’s flagship RS No.9 shop on Carnaby Street in London, Wood also hinted that he, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards are planning to tour in…… read more »